Metatrichia is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
slime mould
Slime mold or slime mould is an informal name given to several kinds of unrelated eukaryotic organisms with a life cycle that includes a free-living single-celled stage and the formation of spores. Spores are often produced in macroscopic mu ...
s within the family
Trichiaceae
Trichiales ( synonymous with Trichiida) is an order of slime moulds in the phylum Amoebozoa. Trichiales is one of five orders in the group Myxomycetes (also called Myxogastria), or the true plasmodial slime molds. It is also currently categoriz ...
.
Circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 1964 by Bruce Ing,
the genus currently contains six species.
Species
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Metatrichia arundinariae''
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Metatrichia floriformis''
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Metatrichia floripara''
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Metatrichia horrida''
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Metatrichia rosea''
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Metatrichia vesparia''
References
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Myxogastria
Amoebozoa genera
Taxa described in 1964